• robot_dog_with_gun [they/them]
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    1 year ago

    "moving the goalposts" is an informal fallacy, and sports other than handegg have them, so the analogy being made should be perfectly comprehensible

    • lazyraccoon@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Once you wrote it like this, it is comprehensible. Still, first time I heard it. Don't know what handegg is too.

      After reading about the analogy, I fail to see which rules, process or competition was changed (or in this case, conversation) mid-play.

      I was consistently talking about China, I was consistently talking about their party system and I was consistently talking about it being non-democratic in comparison to Democratic party systems where there are mechanisms to prevent the tyranny of the majority.

      Also, the tyranny of the majority isn't a new thing. The formationg of the modern democracy is circa 1800's. It is a system that was conceived centuries ago. a century before communism. It's not like I pulled a fast one here.

      I didn't even say that it is a bad thing for fuck's sake. I haven't even displayed my actual opinion.

      I fail to see where the goalpost analogy fits here.